26 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
NOVEMBEE. 
The weather during the larger part of November was very mild 
and pleasant, although the precipitation was above normal in all sec- 
tions of the state. The rains, however, came in periods lasting but one 
or two days, and during the intervals there were long spells of fair 
weather. 
The temperature was high to moderate during most of the month; 
the only periods of cold weather were between the 11th and 17th and 
on the 30th, and even then the cold was not excessive, there being 
no station in the state which reported a minimum temperature as low 
as zero. During the past eighteen years there have been only three 
Novembers with a higher mean temperature than was recorded during 
the past month, and but four during which temperatures below zero 
were not recorded. From the 2d to the 8th and from the 17th to the 
25th the maximum temperatures ranged from 50° to above 70°; the 
highest occurring at most stations on the 18th. 
Light and scattered rains fell on the 1st and general rains from the 
22d to the 25th and on the 29th and 30th, with snow flurries on the 
13th and 14th. The amounts of precipitation were small except from the 
22d to the 25th, when they ranged from about half an inch to over 
two inches; the largest amounts being reported from the eastern coun- 
ties. The conditions were unusually favorable for field and other out- 
door work, except during and immediately after the rainy periods when 
the fields were too soft to haul heavy loads of corn. 
Corn husking was rapidly pushed and nearly 90 per cent of that 
crop had been harvested by the close of the month, with only about 
9 per cent reported as being soft. The rains have replenished the 
water supply, and all wells and streams now have a sufficient quan- 
tity to meet all demands during the winter. Considerable fall plow- 
ing was done during the month, and meadows, pastures and fall 
grains are reported as being in excellent condition. 
Temperatuee. — The monthly mean temperature for the State, as 
shown by the records of the 115 stations, was 39.3°, which is 3.4° above 
the normal for Iowa. By sections the mean temperatures were as fol- 
lows: Northern section, 36.9°, which is 3.2° above the normal; Central 
section, 39.4°, which is 3.7° above the normal; Southern section, 41.5°, 
which is 3.3° above the normal. The highest monthly mean was 45.2, at 
Keokuk, Lee county, and the lowest monthly mean, 35.4°, at Britt and 
Sibley, Hancock and Osceola counties. The highest temperature re- 
ported was 80°, at Saint Charles, Madison county, on the 18th; the low- 
est temperature reported was 5°, at Sioux Center, Sioux county, on the 
."^.Oth. The average monthly maximum was 69.1°, and the average month- 
ly minimum was 12.9°. The greatest daily range was 55°, at Sibley, 
Osceola county. The average of the greatest daily ranges was 39.6°. 
Precipitation. — The average precipitation for the State, as shown by 
the records of 122 stations, was 1.56 inches, which is .17 inch above the 
normal. By sections, the averages were as follows: Northern section, 
1.53 inches, which is .22 inch above the normal; Central section, 1.45 
inches, which is .02 inch above the normal; Southern section, 1.70 
